Post Bachelor Program   

             Grade and GPA Requirements                                  

             ASHA's General Education Requirements               

 Entry-Level Degrees for Clinical Practice

             Curriculum:          Foundation Coursework                 Advanced Coursework

Grade and GPA Requirements

To complete the Post Bachelor program, students:

• Must have an undergraduate GPA of 2.75 or higher.
• May not earn more than two grades below B- in the five foundational post bachelor program courses (see below).
• Must maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher in the Post Bachelor program courses.

Entry-Level Degrees for Clinical Practice

To be employed as a certified speech-language pathologist or audiologist in any work setting, students must obtain a graduate degree in speech-language pathology or audiology:

• The MA degree with a Major in Speech-Language Pathology is the entry-level degree that is required for clinical practice as a Speech-Language Pathologist.
• The AuD degree is the entry-level degree that is required for clinical practice as an Audiologist.

Registration in the department's Post Bachelor program does not imply automatic admission to the MA-SLP or AuD graduate program at Wayne State. 

All places in these graduate programs are filled on a competitive basis. However, the department's Post Bachelor program will provide students with the academic prerequisites to apply to other graduate programs in Michigan and nationwide. 

• See ASHA's EdFind service for a complete listing of programs offering degrees in audiology and speech-language pathology.

ASHA's General Education Requirements 

In order to qualify for the ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) in Audiology or Speech-Language Pathology, the student's undergraduate degree general education courses must meet the ASHA requirements below.  Only courses appearing on the official transcript will be counted as meeting ASHA requirements.

• College Mathematics: 3 semester hours (STA 1020 or equivalent required for WSU graduate programs)
• Biological Sciences: 3 semester hours.
• Physical Sciences:  3 semester hours.
• Behavioral-Social Sciences:  6 semester hours.

The Post Bachelor Program Curriculum

The Post Bachelor program can be completed in one calendar year (30 credit hours).  Full-time study is recommended since some, but not all, of the required courses are taught only during regular business hours. In order to complete the required courses in one year, students must begin the course sequence in the Spring/Summer or Fall semester and follow the course sequence outlined for them in their indvidual advising session. 

The complete Post Bachelor program curriculum is outlined below.  All of the foundation coursework must be completed prior to registering in advanced courses.

• For a downloadable version of the Post Bachelor program curriculum, please click here.
• For course descriptions from the university's Undergraduate Bulletin, please click here. 
• For course scheduling information, please refer to the university's Class Schedule.
• For additional information, please contact the Department's main office at (313) 577-3339 (Room 207, Rackham Building)

 Foundation Coursework

Students must sucessfuly complete the foundation coursework before they will be allowed to register for advanced coursework.

*WSU indicates courses offered on Wayne State's main downtown campus

**MEC indicates courses offered at the Macomb Education Center

Advanced Coursework

Departmental permission is required to register for the five advanced courses. In order to be granted permission to register for advanced coursework, BA and Post Bachelor program students must have an overall undergraduate GPA of 2.75, cannot have earned more than one grade of C in the foundation courses, and must maintain a 3.0 GPA for courses in the major. In addition, students must have successfully completed the foundation coursework.

Students who do not meet these requirements will not be permitted to complete the Post Bachelor coursework.

*WSU indicates courses offered on Wayne State's main downtown campus

**MEC indicates courses offered at the Macomb Education Center